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No. 236,293. Patented Jan. 4,1881.

1 lNvEN OR ATTORNEYA NVPETERS, PHOTQLJTNOGRAPHER. WASHINGTON. D C,

UNlTED STATES PATENT @Fro FRANCIS A. BARR, OF HESTER, MISSOURI.

HAND CORN-PLANTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 236,293, dated January 4, 1881.

Application filed September 29, 1880.

To all whom tmay concern:

Be it known that I, FRANCIS A. BARR, of Hester, in the county of Marion and State of Missouri, have invented a new and valuable Improvement in Hand Corn-Planters; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference bein g had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a representation of a plan View. Fig. 2 is a central vertical section.

This invention relates to devices for dropping corn by hand; and it is intended as an improvement on a patent granted to me October 24, 1876, No. 183,624, the present improvement being in the construction of the dropper. y

The invention consists in a dropper of peculiar construction, whereby corn of different sizes may be planted, and also choking easily prevented.

In the annexed drawings, A represents a portion of one'of the legs of a hand cornplanter, to which the dropper B is attached.

C represents the bottom of a hopper which receives the corn. This hopper is made fast to the leg A, and below is attached, to the same leg, the chute D, ending in opening d. The upper opening, d, of this chute is immediately below a sector-opening, c, of the hopper C.

AExtending to one side ot' chute D is the flange E, having the stud c. Between said flange E and hopper C is a plate, F, whose recess f tits stud e, upon which said -plate F revolves. This plate F has three recesses or pockets, gk g g, of diiferent sizes, to suit var ving sizes of corn. On the periphery of plate F there are three flanges, h, having holes h.

To one end of opening'c there is attached to hopper C a hinged flap, H, which is arranged with its body on a plane with the bottom of the hopper, so that it in fact forms a portion ofsaid bottom. By arranging it as a portion of the said bottom it fits closely above the plate F and acts to sweep off seed from the pockets, leaving the proper amount, and yet, by the construction afterward to be described, it readily yields to a choke. A pin, I, passing through ears i i, standard lc, and the rim of the hopper, holds the flap to said hopper, and a spring, K, holds the hap flat. This Hap H isy (Model.)

hinged at its rear edge upon pin I, without any extension beyond said pin, and the spring K, surrounding said pin, bears with one end upon said flap and with the other upon the bottom of the hopper. By this construction, if any choking' occurs at the seed-opening, the iap will be forced up, which will relieve such choke and allow the accumulated seed to fall through the opening, and as the plate F is turned back the flap H falls. By pivoting the lap at its rear edge it can be pushed any distance, even beyond a vertical position 5 so no matter how bad the choke it will be relieved.

When it is desired to use the device a rod is placed in one of the holes h', the proper one being determined by the size of corn to be planted. The other end of the rod is fastened to the other leg ofthe device (not shown) and the plate'F is operated like the slide in my patent referred to. As the pocket or recess comes to that portion ofthe openingcin hopper C, between edge c" and the flap H, it tills with corn, the ange E preventing it from dropping out. As the plate moves on, the corn slides along until it reaches opening d of chute D, when it slides down said chute, as described in my patent referred to. As the plate F is moved andthe pocket approaches tlap H, the ed geofthe latter clears the grain from above the pocket, and only that in said pocket reaclles the opening ofthe chute; butifthe corn should become choked the pressure would overcome the resistance of spring K and throw the hap back; but the corn thus choked would fall, with that in the pocket, through chute D, and the ap H would then fall back and resume its normal function.

By hinging the iap instead of making it slide, it can be readily acted upon by the choked corn pushing upward, and has no need of a special device to move it.

What I claim is- The iiap H, hinged to the hopper and held by a spring, as described, and having its body in the plane of the bottom of the hopper, and forming a portion of the saine, substantially as and for the purpose described.

In testimony that I claim the above l have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses.

FRANCIS ANDERSON BARR.

Witnesses:

JAMES W. Woon, W. G. WIsEMAN. 

